Real Name: Felicia Hardy

Alias: Felicity Harmon

Dual Indetity: The Black Cat

First Appearence: Amazing Spider-Man 194

Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA

Height: 5' 10

Weight: 120 lbs

Hair: Platinum Blonde

Eyes: Green

Job: Private Investigator

Former Job: Cat burgler

Known Relatives: Walter Hardy, Lydia Hardy (father and mother)

Allies: THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN

Enemies: Kingpin, Brain Lash

Powers: none

Abilities: Gymnastics, Okinawa Gju Ryu (Japanese form of self-defense)

Equipment/Weapons: Ropes, grappling hook, claws, night-vision contacts

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Born in Queens New York, Felicia grew up always trying to please her mother, Lydia Hardy, in her gymnastics routines, and other various extracurricular activites as well as school. Her father, Walter Hardy, was never home, Felicia believed that he was on business trips. It's what her mother told her anyways. Despite the fact that he was never home, Felicia was still attached to him, and loved him very much.

One day after Felicia had come home after cheerleading pratice, Lydia told Felicia that he had died. In a fit of emotional rage, Felicia took off. On the street, she saw a newspaper that said Walter Hardy had been arrested. Wondering why her mother lied to her, Felicia went to the library to check up on what her father had done. It was then that Felicia learned about his criminal record of being a cat burglar. The next day after a gymnastics meet, Felicia was in the car on her way home with her mother, who was scolding her about not getting a gold. Felicia didn't care all that much; she was too busy picturing her father, who was smiling at her and being proud.

A few years passed, and Felicia was in Queens High School. All the guys were attracted to her, often offering her rides home. The girls were jealous, and who wouldn't be? Felicia was (and still is) a beautiful, rich lady, with tons of talent. Anyways, on the way home one day, a mugger tried to steal her bag. Felicia, not being the frail woman, didn't let this go, and kneed the mugger in the stomach, and took off. She felt no fear, she never felt more excited or more alive. The next day, Felicia joins Sensei Miyagi Kanryo's karate class.

Felicia learns the finer points in Okinawa Goju Ryu (a Japanese form of self defense) over the next few years, and rises in rank fast. After a class one day, she forgets her keys and is forced to break into her own house. What the suprising thing is, is that she broke into it in under 2 minutes! She then realizes that all these years, trying to be "mommy's prefect prodigy," she was really daddy's little girl all along. Later that night, she sneaks into her mothers room while she is sleeping to open the safe in her room. After opening it, she finds her father's lock picks. She is clearly good at them, demonstrating her skills by opening her friends' locker that has been jammed shut for over a week with ease.

It's not too long before a reporter on a news program says that Walter Hardy, the once notorious jewel thief is dying of cancer. Lydia appologises to Felicia, saying that she should have told her the truth a long time ago. She also tells Felicia that her father told her once that he was afraid to die alone, and when the time came for him, he wanted to be home with his family. Felicia, wanting her father's wish to come true, creates a black and white costume, and comes up with the name "The Black Cat." The name was easy enough to pick...Felicia's best friend, Onyx, was a black cat, her favourite story about cats was the "Never cross a black cat's path" legend, and besides, the word "cat" fell nicely in front of "burglar."

The Black Cat's first job was breaking into the 159th St. Police Station to steal files on Emil Greco, Walter Hardy, Dr. Boris Korpse and Bruno Grainger. She recurited both Bruno and Boris as her henchmen, and contacted Emil about getting fire arms. While going to Emil's office, Spider-Man catches a glimpse of TBC, and after he sees her going to pay a visit to Emil, he follows her, and they fight. Before leaving with the guns, the Black Cat lifts up Spider-Man's mask half way and kisses him. Later on, Spidey makes a connection after hearing something about the four files being stolen on the radio, and he heads on over to the jail where Walter Hardy is being held. Sure enough, the Black Cat is there, about to break Hardy out. Spider-Man probably would have been able to stop her if it weren't for a little bad luck, and the wall being blown up, burring him in the rubble and dislocating his shoulder.

The Black Cat brings Walter Hardy home, and reveals to him that she is in fact, his daughter, Felicia and how she was training to follow in his footsteps. He tries to dissuade her, but Lydia comes home so Felicia leaves. Apparently, Spider-Man has located her whereabouts, and when she leaves the house, they have another fight. It leads onto the roof top, which happens to be over the rocky shores of the East River. She slips and falls, but Spidey manages to grab her arm. Unfortunately, thanks to his dislocated shoulder from earlier on, he can't hold his grip and the Black Cat falls. He thinks she is dead, and leaves the scene. At the same time, Walter Hardy dies.

It turns out that Felicia really wasn't dead after all! What a suprise! Anyways, it turns out that she has stolen the Golden Lovers and the Rajah Ruby, and later on she steals a Caruso Cylinder as well as the Helen Epistle. All four items are romantic relics, which Felicia stole for Spider-Man. She reveals that her mother was worried about her following in her fathers footsteps and she wanted Felicia to get professional help, so she thought what better help the Spider-Man? She also reveals that she's fallen in love with him as well. So Spidey takes her to a hospital to get help.

Eventually, Felicia breaks out of the hospital and steals a painting, and setting off the alarm on purpose. She also tells Spider-Man to meet her where they first met. They fight, but after telling him she's willing to go straight, she gets away and leaves the painting in a cylinder along with a note saying she'll be at a costume party. They both go, and it turns out that the party is being hosted by a gang. They manage to stop the raid and leave before the police show up, and on the roof they kiss. :) Anyways, Spider-Man tries to convince Captain Jean DeWolff to grant the Black Cat an amnesty. Felicia steals something else again (bad habits are hard to break, you know) but Spider-Man finds her and tells her to put it back. Unfortunately, Spider-Man sets off the alarm and it turns out that the people living there belong to another gang. After stopping the gang, and getting a bullet in the leg, Spidey chases after Felicia who had taken off. Spidey webs her up from neck to toe, but she jumps into the river off the docks anyways. Thinking that he's lost her again, she climbs back up where Captain DeWolff hands him the amnesty for the Black Cat, which he throws off the side of the docks where he sits alone.

COSTUME

BLACK-CAT GALLERY !!